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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUruguay Does Unthinkable, Rejects Global Corporatocracy
Uruguay Does Unthinkable, Rejects Global Corporatocracy
by Don Quijones September 22, 2015
[font size="3"][font color="blue"]The historic decision is met by a wall of media silence.[/font][/font]
Often referred to as the Switzerland of South America, Uruguay is long accustomed to doing things its own way. It was the first nation in Latin America to establish a welfare state. It also has an unusually large middle class for the region and unlike its giant neighbors to the north and west, Brazil and Argentina, is largely free of serious income inequality.
Two years ago, during José Mujicas presidency, Uruguay became the first nation to legalize marijuana in Latin America, a continent that is being ripped apart by drug trafficking and its associated violence and corruption of state institutions.
Now Uruguay has done something that no other semi-aligned nation on this planet has dared to do: it has rejected the advances of the global corporatocracy.
[font size="3"][font color="blue"]The Treaty That Must Not Be Named[/font][/font]
Earlier this month Uruguays government decided to end its participation in the secret negotiations of the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA). After months of intense pressure led by unions and other grassroots movements that culminated in a national general strike on the issue the first of its kind around the globe the Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez bowed to public opinion and left the US-led trade agreement.
Despite or more likely because of its symbolic importance, Uruguays historic decision has been met by a wall of silence. Beyond the countrys borders, mainstream media has refused to cover the story. ...............(more)
http://wolfstreet.com/2015/09/22/uruguay-does-unthinkable-rejects-global-corporatocracy-tisa/
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Uruguay Does Unthinkable, Rejects Global Corporatocracy (Original Post)
marmar
Sep 2015
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n2doc
(47,953 posts)1. Pretty quiet here too n/t
Octafish
(55,745 posts)2. Now that's democracy.
Gracias, Uruguay!
JEB
(4,748 posts)3. Uruguay and Iceland showing us the way back to Democracy.